High Morale: Lessons from D-Day to the House of Lords
…hearted’? To which, of course, we all shouted back, ‘No!’ ‘Well you bloody soon will be!’ came the encouraging reply… Field Marshal Dwin Bramall commissioned into the King’s Royal Rifle…
Change and Leadership – The Army 2018 Leadership Conference
Change and Leadership By The Army Leader Change is coming – and leaders had better be ready. This was the message from the 2018 Army Leadership Conference, where 850 delegates…
Why Should I Trust the New Lt? What Platoon Commanders Need to Do to Be Trusted by Their Chain of Command
…company commander and a new platoon commander is huge. How can a company commander trust a platoon commander when they are so inexperienced and he has so little knowledge of…
Staff Ninja or Staff Monkey?
…Duty. At company-level, the Battalion HQ are often viewed with irritation: seemingly sitting on trawls, compressing your timelines, and issuing direction with no perceived care for your company. At BHQ-level,…
Mutual Respect and the Modern Army
…any respect”. These thoughts need to go if you wish to foster mutual respect with your soldiers. Effective Communication Today’s commanders need to know how to communicate effectively with the…
Will your leadership strengths derail you?
…‘competencies’ we expect in a leader, this person isn’t the leader we actually want. How could this be? If they have a characteristic we admire and value, how they be…
Don’t Airbrush Leadership
…hides a much more varied and common reality. It is a reality we should become more comfortable with, and more willing to acknowledge and explore after the event. Most of…
Subscribe
…of leadership books Be part of a leadership development community and sign up below: Leave this field empty if you’re human: Media Credit: Image © Crown Copyright. Used…
Leadership in The Specialised Infantry
…way of doing it. Previously there was an opportunity cost for non-specialised units when they trained indigenous partners. The chain of command was committed to the task but lots of…
A Veteran’s Perspective on Training and Development
…was blowing out of every hole in my body. I really dug-out for the guys. There could be no complaints about my commitment to the section commander role. I knew…